Government Spending

Which of the following does the federal government the most money on?

• defense

• education

• international affairs

• health care

discretionary spending is

• congress's choice

• required by law

• requested by the president

• All of the above

When a government it spending more money than it is making, it is operating in a...

• deficit

• surplus

• IOU

• interest

Social Security is the largest portion of which type of spending?

• Mandatory/Entitlements
• Discretionary 

Accumulation of deficits year after year is called

• entitlements

• debt

• mandatory spending

• discretionary spending

Medicare, Social Security are also known as

• deficits

• discretionary spending

• entitlements

• for low income families

How much government spending makes up the GDP

• A third

• A fifth

• All of it

• Two thirds

Money that Congress is MANDATED or required by existing law to spend on certain programs or to use for interest payment on the national debt.

• mandatory spending

• discretionary spending

• entitlements

• tariffs

Spending about which lawmakers are free to make choices, such as defense and education

• mandatory spending

• discretionary spending

• entitlements

• tariffs

Social welfare programs that people are"entitled to" and benefit from if they meet certain eligibility requirements, such as being at a particular income level, or age.

• mandatory spending

• discretionary spending

• entitlements

• tariffs